Image processing apparatus, processing flow control method, image forming system, and storage medium

A processing flow control method, comprising:

• an authentication step of executing user authentication;
• an execution step of executing processing on image data with a plurality of processes as a sequential processing flow while cooperating a plurality of different functions with one another;
• an obtaining step of obtaining setting data personalized for a user authenticated in said authentication step;
• a first registration step of registering the plurality of processes as a sequential processing flow,
• wherein said execution step comprises executing the processing flow with a part of the processing flow replaced by processing personalized for the user set in the setting data, upon executing the processing flow registered in said first registration step;
• and
• a same-processing determination step of determining whether or not processing same as the processing personalized for the user is set in a processing flow selected from the processing flows registered in said first registration step,
• wherein when it is determined by said same-processing determination step that the processing same as the processing personalized for the user is set in the processing flow selected from the processing flows registered in said first registration step, the processing flow is executed by said execution step with the part of the processing flow replaced by the processing same as the processing personalized for the user, and when it is determined by said same-processing determination step that the processing same as the processing personalized for the user is not set in the processing flow selected from the processing flows registered in said first registration step, the processing flow is executed by said execution step with the processing personalized for the user added to the processing flow.

An image processing system having an image processing apparatus and a server apparatus connected to said image processing apparatus, said image processing apparatus including an authentication unit adapted to execute user authentication, and an execution unit adapted to execute processing on image data with a plurality of processes as a sequential processing flow while cooperating a plurality of different functions with one another, and said image processing system further comprising:

• an obtaining unit adapted to obtain setting data personalized for a user authenticated by said authentication unit;
• a first registration unit adapted to register the plurality of processes as a sequential processing flow,
• wherein said execution unit is adapted to execute the processing flow with a part of the processing flow replaced by processing personalized for the user set in the setting data, upon executing the processing flow registered in said first registration unit;
• and
• a same-processing determination unit adapted to determine whether or not processing same as the processing personalized for the user is set in a processing flow selected from the processing flows registered in said first registration unit,
• wherein when said same-processing determination unit determines that the processing same as the processing personalized for the user is set in the processing flow selected from the processing flows registered in said first registration unit, said execution unit is adapted to execute the processing flow with the part of the processing flow replaced by the processing same as the processing personalized for the user, and when said same-processing determination unit determines that the processing same as the processing personalized for the user is not set in the processing flow selected from the processing flows registered in said first registration unit, said execution unit is adapted to execute the processing flow with the processing personalized for the user added to the processing flow.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to implement a processing flow control method, said processing flow control method comprising:

• an authentication step of executing user authentication;
• an execution step of executing processing on image data with a plurality of processes as a sequential processing flow while cooperating a plurality of different functions with one another;
• an obtaining step of obtaining setting data personalized for a user authenticated in said authentication step;
• a first registration step of registering the plurality of processes as a sequential processing flow,
• wherein said execution step comprises executing the processing flow with a part of the processing flow replaced by processing personalized for the user set in the setting data, upon executing the processing flow registered in said first registration step;
• and
• a same-processing determination step of determining whether or not processing same as the processing personalized for the user is set in a processing flow selected from the processing flows registered in said first registration step,
• wherein when it is determined by said same-processing determination step that the processing same as the processing personalized for the user is set in the processing flow selected from the processing flows registered in said first registration step, the processing flow is executed by said execution step with the part of the processing flow replaced by the processing same as the processing personalized for the user, and when it is determined by said same-processing determination step that the processing same as the processing personalized for the user is not set in the processing flow selected from the processing flows registered in said first registration step, the processing flow is executed by said execution step with the processing personalized for the user added to the processing flow.